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    Burden of mental, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental disorders in the Finnish most preterm children: a national register study

    Etiologies and the whole picture in childhood mental, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental disorders related to gestational age are unclear. This study included all Finnish children (N = 341,632) born between Janua...

    Marika Leppänen, Bernd Pape, Liisi Ripatti in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2024)

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    Web-based follow-up tool (ePIPARI) of preterm infants—study protocol for feasibility and performance

    Preterm infants have a risk of health and developmental problems emerging after discharge. This indicates the need for a comprehensive follow-up to enable early identification of these problems. In this paper,...

    Tiina Saarinen, Milla Ylijoki, Liisa Lehtonen, Petriina Munck, Suvi Stolt in BMC Pediatrics (2023)

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    Preterm infants’ early growth and brain white matter maturation at term age

    Normal intrauterine conditions are essential to normal brain growth and development; premature birth and growth restriction can interrupt brain maturation. Maturation processes can be studied using diffusion t...

    Virva Lepomäki, Marika Leppänen, Jaakko Matomäki, Helena Lapinleimu in Pediatric Radiology (2013)